GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| induce | to move by persuasion or influence |
| mishap | an unfortunate accident |
| auroral | dawn |
| miserly | of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser |
| fodder | something fed to domestic animals |
| repel | to drive back : repulse |
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| assay | to analyze (something, such as an ore) for one or more specific components |